Thomas Kubic

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Research Interests

  • Chemical Instrumentation
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Light Microscopy
  • Scientific Evidence

Education

  • Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, City University of New York
  • M.Ph. in Criminal Justice, City University of New York

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Affiliated Campus(es)

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Areas of Expertise

  • Application of X-ray Diffraction to problems of transfer evidence especially soils, paints, etc. particularly qualitative and quantitative analysis of mixtures. Advanced methods of quantitative analysis are of special interest.
  • Identification and Individualization of Cosmetics by Chromatography, ATR-FT/IR, and Microscopy.
  • Dust Identification and Analysis by PLM and SEM/EDS.
  • Individualization of Synthetic Fibers by Thermal Microscopy.
  • Identification of Ball Point Inks on Papers by micro ATR-FT/IR, and analytical pyrolysis.
  • Individualization of automobile oils and grease by fluorescence spectroscopy and HPLC.
  • Fluorescence Spectroscopy applications to criminalistic problems.
  • Studies of environmental contamination issues applicable to the SEM/EDS GSR technique.
  • Application of Micro-X-ray fluorescence inside SEM sample chambers for micro evidence characterization.
  • Forensic Applications of automated image analysis.
  • Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry to forensic transfer evidence evaluation.
  • Capillary Electrophoresis applied to Transfer Evidence Analysis.
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Contact

Affiliated Campus(es)

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice